he took up residence in Grittleton House which he had recently inherited. He was a long-term member of the Beaufort Hunt and in 1929 the members celebrated his 80th Birthday at Grittleton House. He died in 1941, and as he had no heirs the property was inherited by a descendant of Joseph Neeld's illegitimate daughter Ann Maria, wife of Lieutenant Colonel Inigo William Jones. The new owner was Lionel Inigo-Jones. Lionel William Neeld Inigo-Jones (1885–1956) and his successors remained at their main home, Kelston Park near Bath, and rented Grittleton House to various tenants. During the 1940s the house was used by the MOD to store historical documents. Also during this period, foreign fighter pilots stayed at the house. In 1948 a private girls' school rented the property and in 1967 Joanna Shipp, who had been running her own private day school in Rangeworthy Court, Gloucestershire since 1951, moved into the house. In 1972 she bought the property and began extensive renovations. The Shipp family still owns the house and today it is a venue for special events, particularly weddings. Associated buildings Thomson designed an extensive complex of stables, coach houses and related facilities, built to the south of the house c. 1835. Nearby improvements to the estate included the destruction of the hamlet of Upper Foscote, except for one 17th-century house. Thomson also designed Fosse Lodge, in the north of the estate on the Fosse Way, with a tall, octagonal tower (1835); and Malmesbury Lodge in Grittleton village (c. 1840), its octagonal spirelet with bell-stage noted as "remarkable" in the building's National Heritage List entry. Stable Lodge, at the entrance to the stables on the Yatton Keynell road, and Woodman's Lodge, in the southeast, are of similar date. West Lodge, at the principal western entrance to Grittleton House, was built in 1854–5 to designs by Clutton, based on the plan of Malmesbury Lodge. School The house was the home of Grittleton House School between 1951 and 2016. References External links Grade II* listed buildings in Wiltshire Grade II* listed houses Houses completed in 1856